--- title: im the best at maths in the whole class, better than all of u — Boredom, excitement and pride · tree and pragmatics description: im the best at maths in the whole class, better than all of u Test 12 of lesson 93 «Boredom, excitement and pride» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/93-boredom-excitement-and-pride/t12/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Boredom, excitement and pride](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/93-boredom-excitement-and-pride/) / t12 # Test 12 · Boredom, excitement and pride im the best at maths in the whole class, better than all of u **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** im · **To what, where:** best, maths This is test 12 of lesson 93 «Boredom, excitement and pride» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/93-boredom-excitement-and-pride/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:93-boredom-excitement-and-pride:t12:1 # text = im the best at maths in the whole class, better than all of u 1 im im VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 1 obj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 maths math NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 parataxis _ _ 12 than than ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 u you PRON PRP Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **im** | imperative | you *not said here* | the best | | maths | | in the whole class | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It helps others work harder ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:93-boredom-excitement-and-pride:t12:o1:1 # text = It helps others work harder 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 harder hard ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | It | others | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent other=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 2 | **work** | infinitive | others *not said here* | | | | | hard *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Saying it often makes everyone like you more ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:93-boredom-excitement-and-pride:t12:o2:1 # text = Saying it often makes everyone like you more 1 Saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 csubj _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 often often ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 obj _ _ 6 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 8 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | it | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 2 | **make** | present | Saying | everyone | | | | like you; often *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset everyone=Product | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Boasting makes others feel small and pushes friends away ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:93-boredom-excitement-and-pride:t12:o3:1 # text = Boasting makes others feel small and pushes friends away 1 Boasting boast VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 pushes push VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **boast** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | present | | others | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **feel** | infinitive | others *not said here* | | | | | small *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **push away** | present | | friends | | | | away *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} It is fine because it is true ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:93-boredom-excitement-and-pride:t12:o4:1 # text = It is fine because it is true 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 expl _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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